Editorial illustration · Lagos

Pictures that argue,
whisper, and sing
on the page.

Editorial illustration for publications and independent artists — in gouache, digital, and usually both.

Commissions open for Q2 2026

Mira Okafor in her Lagos studio, holding a gouache palette beside a half-finished illustration.
Studio, Lagos — 2024

Selected works

A small gallery, curated like a print issue.

Cover illustration for The New Yorker showing a lone reader under a sodium streetlamp, rendered in warm gouache.
Night Reader The New Yorker · Cover · 2024
Editorial illustration for The Atlantic depicting a cracked column of text forming a human figure.
The Unquiet Column The Atlantic · Feature · 2024
Album cover artwork of a desert bird perched on a dial telephone, gouache on paper.
Call Across the Kalahari Album cover · Indie release · 2024
Book jacket illustration of a garden overtaken by letters, hand-lettered title at top.
The Overgrown Alphabet Book jacket · Faber & Faber · 2023
Double-page editorial spread with three figures gathered around a table of maps.
Cartographers of the Small Hours Editorial spread · 2023

About

Hi, I'm Mira.

I make editorial illustrations from my studio in Lagos, currently for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and a handful of book publishers and musicians I admire.

I work in gouache and digital — usually both. Commissions: open for Q2 2026. For press, prints, or brand partnerships, get in touch below.

Based
Lagos, Nigeria
Medium
Gouache & digital
Clients
Editorial, publishing, music
Available
Q2 2026 onward

Get in touch

Tell me about the assignment.

Briefs, deadlines, and formats welcome. I reply to most notes within two working days.

Or email directly: mira@miraokafor.com